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A Christmas Gift from Brother Cadfael
Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them....
sursumcorda, 23 December 2019 |
Atlas V Launch with Starliner Crew Capsule
Early this morning , photographed from our driveway.
The 12 Days of Music History Christmas
It's still Advent—but here's a little fun as you prepare for Christmas, featuring the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra.
The Cult of Reason
Having now read Justo Gonzalez' The Story of Christianity , I am condemned to remember the following every time I hear the phrase,...
The Story of Christianity, Volume 2
The Story of Christianity, Volume 2: The Reformation to the Present Day by Justo L. Gonzalez (HarperOne, 2010) The...
Did You See the Pope?
We spent a week in Rome this September, including a day in Vatican City. We saw fountains and pines, museums and monuments, art and...
Lost in Math
Lost in Math: How Beauty Leads Physics Astray by Sabine Hossenfelder (Basic Books, 2018) This is my son-in-law's book,...
Preparing for Christmas
I wrote this in 2011 and it seems no less appropriate now. If you're curious, you can click on this link to see the comments...
Wisdom from Brother Cadfael
Mortal man should be able and willing to delegate at any moment, since mortal he is. — Brother Cadfael (Ellis Peters,...
The Privilege of Health
Years ago, I read of the experiences of a volunteer who moved to an impoverished country in an effort to make a positive difference in...
Candida Toothpaste?
If you're browsing the toothpaste aisle of your local grocery store, would you do a double-take upon seeing this prominently...
Studies in Words
Studies in Words by C. S. Lewis (Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, first published 1960) As I said previously ,...
A Debt Is a Debt Is a Debt
Rick Steves' audio tours were a mainstay of our recent visit to Rome. They tend to be a bit flippant for my taste, and sometimes a bit...
Dream Job at the Zoo
How do you become Cake Baker to the Pandas at the National Zoo in Washington? You put in your time—a lot of time—as a...
Veterans Day 2019
I recently rediscovered this video from 2014. I loved it then, and I love it now. It was originally a Christmas commercial, but it's...
More on Stephen Hopkins
Who was Stephen Hopkins, the Mayflower passenger who is Porter's 10th great-grandfather ? To me he was just one name out of...
Et Tu, Quintilian?
The following quotation is from C. S. Lewis's Studies in Words . It's not a book aimed at the hoi polloi —those of us...
Happy Thanksgiving, Porter
It has been a long time coming. In our family, it began in 1911, with this letter written to Porter's grandmother, Mabel...
Ghosts of Hallowe'en Past
I love the fun and challenge of homemade Hallowe'en costumes. These range (not in order) from 1958 to 1989, and were chosen for the...
Psalm 22:21, Unicorns, and Girls
Psalm 22:21, New international Version (NIV) translation: Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the...
The Dirty Dozen
Today some of the world's craziest most dedicated cyclists are tackling Pittsburgh's Dirty Dozen bicycle race . I know about...
The Bible - The Apocrypha
It's funny how often when we react against something we nearly always throw the baby out with the bathwater. Having had my...
The Rithmatist
The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson (Tor Books, 2013) I was hoping to have another Brother Cadfael book for my Sabbath...
Rome in the Morning
As I've written before, we enjoy watching Rick Steves ' television shows about travel, and make extensive use of his guidebooks when...
Church History
Our Church History class has resumed: we have moved on to Volume 2 of Justo L. Gonzales' The Story of Christianity . The books are...